Baraboo NewsLocal news for Baraboo, WI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Fundraising effort hopes to get a railway museum in North Freedom back on track- July 14, 2008 A bunch of railroad enthusiasts, joined by scholars of the "Golden Age of Railroading" and volunteers who think they can are hoping to get to the point where they thought they could.http://www.topix.net/city/baraboo-wi/2008/07/fundraising-effort-hopes-to-get-a-railway-mus... Storm downs many trees and wires, few homes- July 12, 2008 Winds ranging from 55 to 70 mph swept through central and southern Wisconsin Thursday night, downing a lot of trees and electrical wires but causing only scattered damage to homes, law enforcement officials and ...http://www.topix.net/city/baraboo-wi/2008/07/storm-downs-many-trees-and-wires-few-homes?fr... At raising and razing dams, state is eager beaver- July 10, 2008 BIG SPRING, Wis. - While much of the Midwest has been focused for weeks on shoring up levees and dams against massive flooding, a group of government officials and private citizens here has, after five years of ...http://www.topix.net/city/baraboo-wi/2008/07/at-raising-and-razing-dams-state-is-eager-bea... July 24 at UW-Baraboo: Public hearing on Lake Redstone- July 8, 2008 The Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing here on Thursday, July 24, to gather citizen input on portions of Lake Redstone that may meet the criteria for designation as Critical Habitat.http://www.topix.net/city/baraboo-wi/2008/07/july-24-at-uw-baraboo-public-hearing-on-lake-... Man arrested for drugs in motel- July 7, 2008 Last week a 42-year-old Baraboo man was picked up for possessing cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia at a River Falls motel.http://www.topix.net/city/baraboo-wi/2008/07/man-arrested-for-drugs-in-motel?fromrss=1 Stolen Statue Returned to Church- July 5, 2008 A 400-pound Virgin Mary statue stolen from a Sauk City church has been returned.http://www.topix.net/city/baraboo-wi/2008/07/stolen-statue-returned-to-church?fromrss=1 , Where the world meets rural- July 3, 2008 Wisconsin has 3,800 dams, and 86 high-hazard dams are in the 30 counties that were flooded recently, Department of Natural Resources Secretary Matt Frank said June 24.http://www.topix.net/city/baraboo-wi/2008/07/where-the-world-meets-rural?fromrss=1 Baraboo city union workers cry foul over sandbagging done by volunteer firefighters- July 1, 2008 Volunteer firefighters who built sandbag barricades to protect Baraboo from flooding earlier this month wrongfully did the work of city workers, a union representative argues in a complaint.http://www.topix.net/city/baraboo-wi/2008/06/baraboo-city-union-workers-cry-foul-over-sand... |